UK-listed companies are slow-growth and super boring. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak might boast that he wants to cut taxes, but our tax burden is rising and our system is growing increasingly complicated and capricious
Mint Road has preferred to assess the lag effect of past rate hikes than pull back growth momentum
It’s a pause, not a pivot, says RBI Governor
The tactical allocations have the time element as an important component of action because timely action will alone bring in optimum results
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: FMCG earnings healthy but sales growth stutters, markets remain slightly pessimistic, rising demand for cotton yarn spurs hopes, MSME loans could potentially turn bad, and more
On the whole, the RBI’s decision of keeping policy rate unchanged and accompanying hawkish statement seem to be the best course of action for now. But will it have the desired effect on inflation is a critical question.
Countries like Japan facing a paucity of agriculturalists and farm labour are opening their doors to skilled Indian farmers. Numbers may be low now but in the future, many developed countries looking to sustain food security have no option but to hire from labour excess countries like India
Gillian Tett has had a ringside view of a quarter-century of financial crashes. What can each teach us — and will technology change the game?
Highly educated and with earnings to match, this generation still falls behind boomers in the housing market
Falling raw material costs are leading to better gross margins but not all categories are seeing sales growth recover. Much depends on how companies use price cuts, to improve margins or spur sales growth
You can’t bank on historical performance, of course, and it’s hard to imagine Bitcoin seeing the the same tenfold price increase it experienced over the past decade. Still, it seems poised to edge higher and now may be a good time to get in relatively cheap
Sustainable and climate-smart agriculture practices, investment in infrastructure, and policy interventions are potential mitigation measures that can address the linkages between food inflation and climate change
The country's lame attempt at a trade policy signals a lack of confidence which hurts India's ability to become part of the redirected, resilient supply chains that global investors want to build
India and other bilateral creditors continue to worry about China striking a separate deal with the island nation which would enable it to convert a portion of the bilateral debt into a commercial debt
Astute diplomacy, resilient distribution infrastructure and efficient trading strategies were key elements of coping with disrupted markets. The world acted quickly to leverage those strengths, moving grain from regions where it’s cheap and plentiful to those where it was scarce and costly
The end of a frothy cycle has meant a return to rationality. High flying global start-ups have seen valuations pulled down for subsequent funding rounds
India currently consumes just over 80,000 tons of nickel annually and almost all of it is imported. The country is expected to be one of the key markets that will drive nickel demand alongside China in the coming decade
By betting simultaneously on crypto mining, self-driving electric cars and artificial intelligence, a sudden drop in demand from any one of these areas doesn’t have the potential to hurt Nvidia too much
Estimates by various stakeholders including rating agencies and lenders suggest at least 20-25 percent of MSME loans restructured during the pandemic can potentially turn bad
Even as cotton prices trend lower from the all-time highs, spinning mills are hopeful that rising demand for yarn will give a leg-up to operating profitability
The degree of pessimism has reduced, but it is still too soon to put on our bullish hats
While the growth in services exports, especially non-IT exports, is welcome, it will not provide jobs for the masses
Freezing of bank accounts and assets and debarment of persons from securities markets is such a serious restraint on freedom and yet almost routinely done and that too en masse against a group of people without any discrimination or differentiation
Firing up the imagination of consumers is the best insurance for any brand
It was a rollercoaster of a quarter with three distinct phases. While it may seem calmer now, but that may prove to be deceptive